HOW CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS RULE THE NEW EMERGING VIRUSES ?

“An eruption of microparasites, such as a viral pandemic, rather than drastic changes in climate or topography, would more likely disrupt the megapolitical predominance of technology.”

– James Dale Davidson

It is not important if we believe in climate changes or not and how politically we are influenced by the vocabulary of eco fanatics. Each side has its own interests for promoting something or defending the reason against the theory. Nevertheless, the fact is that something is strange out-there and it is not as it used to be, at least, not when I was a kid. When I am saying when I was a kid, I put the timeline in some frame about 30 years back, to be able to do the comparison. The new world has its new rules and some of them don’t apply on the environment we grew up in. What is wrong now ? Everything and nothing. At the first sight, you don’t see the changes if you keep with superficial overview and admitting we still do have 4 seasons and all looks normal. I must agree that too much of Greta opinion is not my taste as it is also not my taste to deny any revision of climate since Johny Cash had made his music. There are exaggeration in both directions but the fact is that the planet is warmer and it has some consequences on the macro ecosystem as well as on the micro ecosystem.

The scientists inform us about the harmful effects of climate changes which are targeting public health. How is that happening ? I mean, it is not just the hot issue of ecology debate but also the top matter of the epidemiology and infectious diseases area. Why ? Because, with each step of climate change, the tectonic balance is disrupted and there are significant modifications in microbe level. As you already know, the parasites are perfect in survival skills and this means 100% adaptations. If we go close to the logic of viruses, our brilliant molecular sharks, you know that they have no borders when they have a goal to survive. Many of them are not in love with cold weather but having in mind that our Planet is sweating and experiencing personal sauna, the viruses have a big chance to jump over, to make a trip into the new area, that have been frozen before and now they are reachable. That is the whole new world for germs that do now know how to behave but learn how to adapt their primitive system on the current climate demands. Once they learn the pattern of surviving formula, they are in and we are out since we do not know how to adapt without being hurt. Now you can follow me , right? We have highly skilled microbes that know how to act in the , for them, pretty much friendly ecosystem and know how to use it for the purpose of their success. On the other side, we have humans who do not want to accept the transformed circumstances and automatically they fail to learn the new rules of survival under such conditions. Thats how we are opening the door to the new and emerging diseases in the region that they have never existed before.

The problem is that zoonotic diseases might pop out by wild animals that will always try to migrate more and more, bringing those new diseases with. The researchers studied that this could be the bad scenario in the next 50 years, with the current level of warming up of the Earth:“They found that cross-species virus spread will happen over 4,000 times among mammals alone. Birds and marine animals weren’t included in the study. Researchers said not all viruses will spread to humans or become pandemics the scale of the coronavirus but the number of cross-species viruses increases the risk of spread to humans. Experts on climate change and infectious disease agreed that a warming planet will likely lead to increased risk for the emergence of new viruses.“

If you take the case of Southeast Asia, you will notice that the dengue fever is on the rise due to the longer rainy seasons and coming floods. This gives the super base for mosquitos to develop and attack, spreading the virus. The North America and Europe are also experiencing the warm weather which attracts the different parasites and ticks that carry Lyme disease. Not to mention Africa and South America that is suffering from the lost of habitat and wildlife which also activate the problem of hosts and spreading some of the deadliest viruses ever ( Ebola, Marburg and hantavirus illness ).

Daniel R. Brooks is a biologist from University of Nebraska State Museum and also the co-author of the thrilling book ” “The Stockholm Paradigm: Climate Change and Emerging Disease” and according his writing and research, the new diseases are flying on the wings of climate trasformations. They depend on each other. The warming has a positive impact on successful story of the emerging diseases while ignorance of those process is causing harmful effects on the global health issue.

The CLIMADE has been found with this mission on the head. The biggest scientists in the area of virus research are united to work in prevention of dangerous diseases in the age of climate changes that are happening all over. Special interest is located on the area of Africa and South America because of the rising zoonotic diseases that are making cross over on the humans and threat to get the title of the new pandemics. The real feeling is that the world is waiting the virus X, that should come after all we did to the nature and wildlife. This could be still prevented if we learn how to deal with the constant changes that are happening on the climate level. This is not the recipe from the green lunatics since I am not fascinated by their logic in science. This is the common sense of the one who is researcher by own DNA. How will you deal with the risks if you deny that there are risks ? The Planet is changing due to our damaging actions for years. The consequences of that change won’t be positive for our health and future life because we are still doing the wrong adaptations.

The zoonotic diseases might be not so bad for animals but after the jump between species is done, we can have a Pandora box, the new Medusa monster that is eating all. After all, each pathogen that dares to go from one creature to another, with more complex molecular system, is capable of faking, playing and ruining. They need just time to learn the rules of the game so they can win, at the end. Personally , I am not surprised when I read that Europe or America is in rising fear from new killer virus that could be that expected virus X. It is to be easily forecasted and anticipated but also prevented, if anyone would analyse and think. You need to let the space for wild to be wild, you need to give freedom to wild animals and the nature right to be as it is. As long as we are driven with greed, dangerous viruses will keep coming with no mercy and we will never be ready.